Ironing-table.



J. MGG'UIGAN.

IRONING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED 1330.10, 1908.

Patented. May 10, 1910.

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IRONING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED 1130.10, 1902:.

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JOSEPH MGGUIGAN, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO EUGINESTEIN, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

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Application filed December 10, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosnPH MOGUIGAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of lVayne, State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Tables; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use-the same.

The invention relates to an ironing table, and more particularly to theclass of household articles adapted to be interchangeable from anironing table to a clothesrack, as the occasion may demand.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a householdarticle which comprises a main ironing-board, sections hinged to eachother and to which the ironing board is detachably connected and wiremembers detachably connected to the sections to form a clothes rack.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a household articlewhich is cheap and simple in construction, easy to manipulate so that aperson can change the article from one form to another, durable, andinexpensive in the manufacture.

lVith these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings which disclose the preferred form of embodiment of theinvention and as brought out in the appended claim. It is to beunderstood however, that minor changes, variations and modifications maybe made such as come properly within the scope of the appended claimwithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the article ready foruse as an ironing table. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof.Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the main ironing-board. Fig. 1- is a topplan View of the hinged sections with the ironing board removed. Fig. 5is a side elevation of the sections inverted and the wire membersconnected thereto to form a clothes rack. Fig. 6 is a top plan view ofFig. 5. Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 77 of Fig. 3.

Similar reference characters indicate cor- Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented May 10, 1910. Serial No. 466,872.

responding parts throughout the several views in the drawings.

In the drawings the numeral 10 designates the ironing board which is ofthe usual form and upon the under face thereof are secured transversecleats or bars 11 and 12 which latter are spaced a distance from eachother and contain in their inner longitudinal edges spaced recesses orsocket-s 13 the same formed with inclined bottoms 14c. Detachablyengaging the sockets or recesses 13 are the upper beveled ends 15 ofsections 16 the same being pivotally connected to each other. Thesections 16 comprise spaced longitudinal side rails 17 the same beingunited by bars 18 and which sections are pivoted together by a pivot rod19 and when attached to the ironing board 10 serve as supporting legstherefor.

hen the sections 16 are adapted to be used for a cloth-es rack the sameare inverted and spread apart so as to have the beveled ends 15 engagethe floor and to the uppermost bars 18 of the said sections when in thisposition are detachably connected wire members 20 each of which haveformed at opposite ends hook terminals 21 to engage the said bars 18 tohold the sections from spreading farther apart and upon the wire membersare adapted to be hung clothes or the like to be dried.

\Vhen the sections 16 serve as legs to sup port the ironing board 10 inits proper position the wire members 20 have their hook terminals 21engaging a pair of bars 18 and serve to brace the legs while the ironingboard is in use.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a combination rack forsupporting clothes to be dried and an ironing-table which consists ofvery few parts and which can be quickly and easily transformed from onedevice to another as the occasion may demand.

The side rails 17 of the sections are formed of lower and upper members22 and 23 respectively which are connected by hinges 241- so as topermit the said lower members 23 to be folded outwardly and upwardly onthe members 22 when it is desired to regulate the height of the ironingboard 10 with respect to a flooring or the like.

h at is claimed is The combination with an ironing board, of legspivotally connected together, each leg formed of two sections, theadjacent ends lower ends of the legs to hold the adjacent of thesections being beveled, hinges conhinged beveled ends of their sectionsabutnecting the adjacent ends of the sections and ting with each other.

being mounted on the outside edges thereof, In testimony whereof, Iaffix my signa- 5 socketed cross cleats on the ironing board I ture, inpresence of two witnesses.

and adapted to recelve therebetween and JOSEPH MCGUIGAN.

be engaged by the upper ends of the legs to prevent spreading of thelatter, and rigid W'itnesses:

tie rods having upwardly and inwardly HENRY L. KoPPIN, 10 curved hookterminals engaging with the RUTH KOPPIN.

